Herdings & Gleadless Valley

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,063 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,675 of 6,856 in England
  • #650 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #63 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,015
Median age (est.)38
Density4,237per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above18%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 48%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 48%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 20%Other: 10%
One person 39%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 20%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional10%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 3%Black: 8%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 3%Black 8%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 38% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 13%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Herdings & Gleadless Valley is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,675 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #63 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (69) but weak on Education (1). Typical homes here, about £125,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 35 sales), 42% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,346 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 108 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 4 · #6,613
Employment 2 · #6,723
Education 1 · #6,798
Health 4 · #6,586
Crime 3 · #6,627
Housing & access 62 · #2,624
Living environment 69 · #2,123

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=35
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,00035-3.5%+31.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£153,5007
Terraced£125,00026-3.5%+31.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£125,000
Sheffield£217,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£28,346±£4,160 · #6,644 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,159
Price-to-income ?4.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 653 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,147 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences347
Theft43
Burglary32
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons68
Drugs20
Robbery5
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 115 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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